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Authorizing Legislation

• The Council is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, which sets forth the standards for the formation and use of advisory committees. The Council, originally authorized in 1986 for ten years, has successively been extended through various legislative enactments. The "Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998," redesignated the authority for the Council as Section 762 (42 U.S. Code 294o), of the Public Health Service Act. That authorization for the Council expired in 2002. Since then, the Council has been extended through successive annual appropriations governing the Department of Health and Human Services.”